Flawless finish has always been my mantra with makeup and nothing matters more than the choice of the right foundation. But since there is so much that goes into choosing the right one, I never take it frivolously. Here is the checklist I follow- it should be the right shade to match my skin tone, give me an awesome coverage and flawless finish, and be good to my skin too.
Well, this makes the choice tricky and so does the fact that there are some amazing options from my favorite brands out there.
With a lot of hit and trial, I have arrived at this list of my hot favorite foundations this season. Let’s check them out.
Pro Longwear Foundation by Mac
I have been using this product for over six years now, which is enough to prove how much I love this one. A creamy foundation, it gives me full coverage and lasts as long as 15 hours, which makes it just perfect for weddings and photo shoots. And the best thing is that it is oil-free and sweat and humidity-resistant as well. For my skin tone, I use NC 40 for winters and NC 42 for summers.
Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation SPF 15 by Bobbi Brown
While Mac has been in my makeup box for years now, Bobbi Brown is one is my latest favorite. As it claims, this longwear weightless lasts really, really long but feels totally natural…like weightless! It is great for every day long stay looks and I can vouch that because I have worn this from 6 am to 12 o clock at night with no touch-ups and still looking flawless. You can build it from medium to full coverage. My shades are natural tan and warm natural.
Skin Long-Wear Weightless Foundation SPF 15 by Bobbi Brown Price: £ 32.00 Click here to buy
Faux Filter Foundation Milkshake 100B by Huda Beauty
This one became a huge rave right from the day it hit the shelves and I could not just resist the temptation to try it. And I am glad that I did because it blends seamlessly with my skin to offer me great coverage for special occasions. It gives heavy coverage but the consistency is really good.
Baklava is the shade that works for me and as with all other Huda products I’ve used till date, this one too does not disappoint.
Faux Filter Foundation Baklava 340G by Huda Beauty Price: £32.00 Click here to buy
Tient Idole Ultra Wear Foundation by Lancome
My beauty fundamental is never to compromise with quality; if you want to get good results, you should not think twice about investing in good skin products.
Lancome is a brand that I absolutely trust and Tient Idole Ultra Wear Foundation from this brand makes it to the list of my favorites. The long stay foundation gives a perfectly natural look that is ideal for work, events and shopping.
There are 40 shades to choose from and I’m sure you’d find one that is a perfect match for yours, my shade is 038. The bottle lasts long and I love its consistency.
Tient Idole Ultra Wear Foundation by Lancome Price: £ 32.00 Click here to buy
Power Play Foundation by Cover FX
This is a brand I’ve tried recently and I’d say that I am pretty impressed by the products. The Power Play Foundation offers medium coverage which you can build to get a natural finish. In fact, this is the reason that I have started using it as one of my everyday foundations currently. My shade is G50. Interestingly, their website has a quiz that helps you find the right shade based on the brand shade of foundation that you are using currently. This feature saves time for busy bees like us as we need not test on the counter and can find the right one with just a few clicks.
Amongst hundred beauty brands that surface every few months, there has emerged a victor with a focus on customized beauty over a large range of foundation shades, promising a fit for everyone. Cover FX is a vegan brand that lets users be stress free about the repercussions of parabens, gluten, talc and other nasties of the like, and is born from careful formulations for every skin type. It’s focus on creating a family of multiple foundation textures, and colour and radiance enhancing products are what make this brand unique. Here is my review on some of the wonderful products I have laid my hands on.
1. Blurring Primer
This is pre-base product with balm-like consistency. I dabbed and blended it onto targeted areas which blurred and minimized the appearance of enlarged pores on my cheeks and soft focused fine lines to reveal seamless and smooth skin. I did use a large dollop, at first, and found that my foundation did not sit well on it. However, when I used a lesser amount the next times I realised a little goes a long way with this product and a pea-size squirt was just right.
This water based, highly elastic and blendable concealer is an all-rounder covering my under-eye circles, spots and redness. Again, a little goes a really long way, so my only worry is squeezing too much out of the tube. While the formula added a little glisten to the targeted areas, I was easily able to remedy and mattify that with a light dusting of powder.
This product is the light weight yet long-wearing relative of the cream concealer. And it is this consistency that also makes it fabulous for multi-use as a concealer, contour and highlighter. The range offers 30 diverse shades to choose from. My perfect match was shade N50. The doe-foot wand made for precise application on targeted areas and is simple and effective. With a promise of crease-proof, transfer-proof and pollution-defence coverage for all skin types, this is my preferred product between the two high-performance concealers.
This clever quad contains four cream products for contouring, highlighting and strobing but I have also used one of the shades closest to my skin colour as a full-coverage foundation or spot concealer. Because of its heavy formula, I build it up with light and sheer layers using the brush that comes with the kit, till I get the desired result. It is also important to set this product well with powder because of the heavy cream texture.
A sheer liquid with specks of luminescent glitter particles evenly distributed. While these multi-purpose products can be used anywhere on the skin, my favourite use of them is as eye shadow.
It comes with an easy brush applicator without the fuss or worry of any fall-out. The luminosity gives a very angelic halo effect on the lids. It is definitely the stand-out product for me.
I used the shade “Suntan” for a bronzed look. The colour is neither too orange nor too grey, making every swipe perfect for a sun-kissed effect and the talc free formula guarantees that my skin will not look dry or cakey. While this is a great buy for those with a more oily skin, this may not be the most ideal product for those who prefer a bit of sheen with their bronzer.
This loose setting powder in shade Medium set the cream products, giving longevity to my makeup without adding any extra coverage or colour. The mica in the powder gives a boost of radiance and a soft luminosity. What sets this powder apart from others on the market is the talc-free property which prevents skin and makeup from looking dry or cakey.
Illuminating Setting Powder (Travel-size) Price: Approximately £10 Click here to buy
8. Mini Perfect Light Highlighting Powder
Available in a mini size, this pressed powder highlighter has an almost creamy texture making it a dream to apply and blend. The finely milled silver pearls ensure a subtle radiance instead of a chunky sparkle and look beautiful even on my shoulders and decolléte.
Mini Perfect Light Highlighting Powder Price: Approximately £10 Click here to buy
9. Correct Click – Redness
This is a great layering product beneath foundation or concealer, to correct any redness caused from skin irritation or bad weather. The shade yellow, is perfect for my wheatish complexion with olive undertones to correct mild redness. I swipe a light layer on my problem areas, namely around my nose, on my forehead and on my chin where I have some irritated skin.
My biggest area of concern, when it comes to discolouration, is under my eyes. The blue and purple peek very easily through my skin and this corrector in the shade Peach has really helped to even the tone under my eyes. After adding a bit of concealer on top, my under eyes look much brighter and awake. Packaged in a stick form, this is an easy and portable product.
The Cover Click Stick is a high performance and high coverage, long-wearing base product. It’s dual performance as a foundation and concealer make it the ideal companion for those on the go. It is also extremely versatile and an arsenal of a few shades make for a sculpted and strobed face. I use shades N35 as my base and N40 to sculpt.
This has been my solo power product for a lit-from-within glow. This cream highlighter glides on like butter on the skin and a swipe on the eyelids also gives a luminous monochromatic look. While I use the shade Gold Dust on an everyday basis, because of my cooler undertones, the peachy pink iridescence of the shade Golden Peach has worked well for my skin tone during those vacations by the sea. These two shades are now a hand bag staple for me.
This product is not your average foundation, but actually is what the name suggests – a way for you to custom match your favourite foundation to best match your skin tone. I have enjoyed mixing shades G40 and N50 for a perfect match with my moisturiser for a light weight tinted moisturiser coverage. These products blend in seamlessly for buttery smooth skin.
A few sprits of this after makeup application promises increased longevity for up to 24 hours while also protecting your skin from pollution, without feeling dry or dehydrating.
It left a natural finish without looking too matte or too dewy and was sweat-proof even in humid environments.
As the name suggests, this is the mattifying counterpart of the Cover FX setting spray family, specially created for normal to oily skin types. While I prefer the High Performance Setting Spray myself, I can tell that this mattifier will deliver the same results for those whose skin is more suitable to this formulation.
This award-winning product comes in my top 3 products from Cover FX. These concentrated metallic liquid drops are a great way to add the exact amount of glow that you want to add to your complexion.
While you can use them on their own as a liquid highlighter, I have enjoyed layering peachy blushes over the shade Blossom for a lit-from-within flush.
So this has been my experience with Cover FX thus far, and I can safely say I am more than satisfied with the products. Are you going to equip your makeup kit with any of them?
